Population-level assessments should be emphasized over community/ecosystem-level assessments. Environmental Sciences Division Publication No. 1535. [Concerning the impact of power plants on fish populations]

Conference · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:5400325

Van Winkle, W

Arguments are presented in favor of emphasizing population-level assessments over community/ecosystem-level assessments. The two approaches are compared on each of four issues: (1) the nature of entrainment/impingement impacts; (2) the ability to forecast reliably for a single fish population as contrasted to the ability to forecast for an aquatic community or ecosystem; (3) practical considerations involving money, manpower, time, and the need to make decisions; and (4) the nature of societal and economic concerns. The conclusion on each of these four issues is that population-level assessments provide the optimal approach for evaluating the effects of entrainment and impingement mortality.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-26
• OSTI ID: 5400325
• Report Number(s): CONF-800543-3; TRN: 80-009350
• Resource Relation: Conference: 5. national workshop on entrainment and impingement, San Francisco, CA, USA, 5 May 1980
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ENTRAINMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
IMPINGEMENT
MEASURING METHODS
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
COMMUNITIES
FISHES
POPULATIONS
POWER PLANTS
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
ECOSYSTEMS
VERTEBRATES
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